We have an exclusive clip from the upcoming an The Tale of Despereaux, which hits theaters nationwide on December 19. Click below for an entertaining little clip featuring Despereaux, Botticcelli and a cat.

The tale of three unlikely heroes - a misfit mouse who prefers reading books to eating them, an unhappy rat who schemes to leave the darkness of the dungeon, and a bumbling servant girl with cauliflower ears - whose fates are intertwined with that of the castle's princess